Chapter 11 PowerPoint
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Chapter 11.1 Class discussion
  1. What are the three kinds of biodiversity?
  2. What are the three definitions of a species?
  3. How is taxonomy changing?
  4. How many species are there worldwide?
  5. What is a biodiversity hot spot? and why are they important?

Chapter 11.2 Class discussion
  1. What are the four ways we benefit from biodiversity?

Chapter 11.3 Class discussion
  1. That are the 9 threats to biodiversity?
    1. extinction - natural
    2. extinction - accelerated
    3. Habitat
    4. Invasive species - define
    5. Invasive species - examples
    6. Pollution
    7. Human
    8. Overharvesting
    9. Commercial and live capture
  2. Why are island more
  3. Case study - which is it?
  4. What can you do?

Chapters 11& 12: BIODIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT
Chapters 11 & 12 cover the topic of biodiversity. Your learning objectives for this chapter are to understand:
- what biodiversity means and how it is measured
- benefits of high biodiversity
- threats to biodiversity
- solutions for maintaining and increasing biodiversity

Your final assessments on this chapter will be:

1)A short (about 20-25 questions) multiple choice quiz (quiz grade)
2)Town Meeting (test grade)
3) The Bioblitz Data Sheet.doc field study activity (part of your May Environmental Project grade)